Monster Lies: A Woman's Guide to Controlling Her Destiny

by Sally Franz and Jennifer Webb

"Wow! Finally a book to help each of us overcome the "Monster Lies" we’ve all been told, sold and been slave to."

—Mark Victor Hansen, Co-creator, #1 New York Times best selling series Chicken Soup for the Soul®

"Monster Lies : A Woman's Guide to Controlling Her  Destiny hits so close to home you might feel these ladies have tapped your phone. Every woman who reads it will discover that she has been a victim of at least one Monster Lie and most of us have been held hostage at one time or another by all of them."

––Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, creator of the hit TV series Designing Women, Evening Shade (from the Foreword)

Monster Lies : A Woman's Guide to Controlling Her Destiny demonstrates that women consciously or unconsciously "buy in" to certain things they’ve been told in their lives and that those mental stumbling blocks keep them from succeeding. Sally Franz and Jennifer Webb discuss twelve "Monsters," show ways to identify the beasts and exercises you can practice to take back control of your life.

Perfecto–keeps you from doing what you want because you’ll never be "perfect" at it.

Scarcity–forces women to horde–money, time, emotions–because soon there won’t be "enough."

Doomsday–tells you that everything will end badly, nothing you do will change anything.

Satisfaction–insists you be satisfied with whatever you have, because you can never expect better.

and eight more Monster Lies that can hijack your life!

"I used to allow criticism from others to unseat me and cause me to doubt myself.  Then I learned that these people were revealing more about themselves than they were about me.  They just didn't know it.  Now I listen and learn, and I don't confuse their views with the truth about me."

—Catherine Ryan Hyde, the best-selling author of "Pay it Forward," relating her own experience in Monster Lies : A Woman's Guide to Controlling Her Destiny.